Chronic Care in
Medicaid and Public Health-
2014-R-0031-This report addresses several
questions on programs targeting frequent use of the emergency department
(ED) by Medicaid beneficiaries, as well as questions on chronic disease
programs and related legislation. The specific questions and answers follow.

For a more detailed overview of the
law's private health insurance provisions, see OLR Research Report
2010-R-0255.

Hospital
Regulation in Connecticut- 2013-R-0266You asked for a brief summary of how
Connecticut's acute care hospitals are regulated. You also wanted to know
what actions nonprofit acute care hospitals must take to maintain their
501(c)(3) tax-exempt status.

You asked (1) how an insurance company gets an approved rate increase
in Connecticut for individual and group health insurance, (2) if there
is a public hearing on such a proposed rate increase, and (3) if either
the healthcare advocate or attorney general plays a role in the process.

Health Insurance Coverage for Cancer Pills
- 2009-R-0311You asked if Connecticut law requires health insurance policies to
provide coverage for oral medication to treat cancer and, if not, if a
law could be passed to require such coverage. You provided an article
from The New York Times that discussed the coverage issue as stemming
from the difference in cost between receiving cancer medications
intravenously versus orally in pill form (Insurance Laws as Cancer Care
Comes in a Pill, April 15, 2009).

Medicaid Coverage of Assisted Living
Services - 2009-R-0300You asked (1) if Medicaid coverage is available to someone living in a
private assisted living facility and (2) what the legislature could do
to help seniors who exhaust their own resources remain in these
facilities instead of being forced to move into more restrictive
settings. You have a constituent living in a private Alzheimer's
assisted living facility who can no longer pay for his care and was told
he must transfer to a nursing home in order to receive Medicaid
coverage.

Patient
Information Security
- 2009-R-0019You asked for information regarding federal and state safeguards
preventing the medical industry from using patients' social security
numbers (SSNs) inappropriately, particularly the security standards, the
penalties for security breaches, and efforts to curb the use of SSNs.

Mandated Providers and Facilities for Health Insurance
-
2008-R-0138You asked for a list of health care
providers and facilities that Connecticut law requires health insurance
policies to cover. In Connecticut, health insurance mandates are contained
in Chapter 700c of the general statutes.

Setting Rates For An Individual Health Insurance Policy
- 2008-R-0127You asked how an insurance company sets
rates for an individual high deductible health plan, a federally tax
qualified plan compatible with a health savings account. Specifically, you
wanted to know if an individual is considered part of a group for rating
purposes.

The Judicial Branch law libraries hold a number of
items which may be of help to a person researching health care law. The Subject
Headings below are recommended, and can be entered as subject searches using ouronline catalog.
It is also recommended that youcontact usfor availability of materials.

Sec. 46b-56. Orders re
custody, care - Access to records of minor child by noncustodial parent("A parent
not granted custody of a minor child shall not be denied the right of access
to the academic, medical, hospital or other health records of such minor
child, unless otherwise ordered by the court for good cause shown."¯
46b-56(g))

Sec. 46b-88. National Medical Support
Notice. Duties of issuing agency, employer and administrator of group health
plan.